Fountain brush



Dec. 17,1929. M5085 1,739,872

FOUNTAIN BRUSH Filed Sept. 4. 192a "v WKVMWMMM MARK. 6066 InventorAttorney Patented Dec. 17, 1929 KINETEE? gTATES MARK SOSS, F SPOKANE,WASHINGTON FOUNTAIN BRUSH Application filed September 4, 1928. SerialNo. 303,858. I

My present invention relates to an improved fountain brush of the typedesigned for use as a hair brush, bath brush, or the brush of myinvention may be appropriated for other uses to which it is adapted. Incarrying out my invention I provide the usual hand manipulated brush, ofthe type utilized for brushing the hair, with a reservoir in its backfor the purpose of containing either liquid or powdered soap, and meansprovided for controlling the feed of the soap to the brush or to itsbristles. Means are also utilized for feeding water, through the brushhandle and through the brush head,

to the bristles of the brush, so that the brush may be used forshampooing and similar purposes on the head of the user, or the brushmay be used as a bath brush, and the feed of both soap and water areseparately and independently controlled by the hand holding ormanipulating the brush.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements ofparts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In theaccompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined andarranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for thepractical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a brush embodying my invention, withthe lid of the reservoir open to disclose the interior construction ofthe brush back.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view with the reservoir lid orcover omitted and showing liquid soap in the reservoir.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, sectional detail view showing the water valvein the handle for controlling feed of water to the brush.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail perspective view showing the hosecoupling to the handle of the brush, for the water supply.

In the preferred form of my invention as shown in the drawings I use thewell known type of brush-head 1 with the bristles or tufts 2 of bristlessecured therein in usual manner, and the back of the brush is fashionedin the form of a reservoir 3 in which liquid soap,

as indicated in FigureQ, may be used, or in some instances, a powderdetergent may be contained in the reservoir, which latter is closed andsecured by a hinged lid 4.

A hollow handle 5 is secured to the head of the brush, and the latterisfashioned with a number of transversely arranged, parallel slots 6spaced apart at equal distances throughout the area of the head,'topermit the liquid soap orpowder soap topasstherethrough to the bristles,or between adjoining rows of bristles. i

The feed of the soap through these slots is: controlled by a slide plate7 within the reservoir and imposed on the top of the slotted brush headto slide thereon. The slide plate has a series of transversely arrangedports 8 complementary to the feed slots of the brush head and the portsmay be made to register or partially register with the slots to feed thesoap, or the ports may be moved out of register-with the slotsfas inFigure 2 to close the slots and prevent feed of soap therethrough. w

For retaining and guiding the movement of the slide plate a guide flange9 is provided around the walls of the reservoir adjacent the brush headand the edges of the slide plate fit under the flange to hold the platein frictional contact with the head not onlyto guide the plate, but alsoto maintain such close rela-- tion between the faces of the plate andhead as to prevent leakage of the soap from the reservoir when the portsare closed.

The position of the slide plate may be determined by use of the exteriorhandle 10 rigid with the plate and located beneath the handle where itis readily accessible by the user of .the brush. The slide plate may bepushed or pulled by the use of the thumb to open or partially open theports or to close them, and the handle 10 of the plate moves in a slot11 provided therefor between the handle 5 of'the brush and the brushhead.

Water is supplied to the brush through a water pipe 12 located in alongitudinal bore or opening 13 of the brush handle, and at 14 withinthe reservoir the pipe bends to an open port through the brush headlocated about or approximately at the center of the head fordistribution of Water to the bristles.

To accommodate the sliding movement of the plate 7 the latter is slottedat 15 and the bent port or end of the water pipe passing through theslot, thus permitting the required sliding'movement ofthe plate. I

The supply of Water to the brush head is controlled through theutilization of a Valve 16 reciprocable transversely of the handle of thebrush and provided "with a port 17 to register With the bore of theWater :pipe -16 when the stem 18 of the valve is pressed inwardly towardthe longitudinal axis off-the handle. The valve is located in a casing19 secured in'the handle by map plate 20 'Which' plate is screwed intothe countersunk mouth of the socket in ther-handle in "which the casingof the valve is :located. Thevalve =is 7 held in normally'closedposition by means of a spring 21 interposed between the plate 20 and thevalve and it will be-apparent that by pressure from thethumb or fingeron the projecting stem 18, the valve port may be partial l-y' ope'ned orfully opened to control flow of'water through the handle to the brushhead for irrigating purp0ses,shamp'ooing; bathing, etc.

aThel'brush is attached to the'free'end'o-f a flexible pipeor hose '22through the use of a suitable coupling 23, and the hose is of courseconnected to a-suitable source o'fwvate'r supply. 7

Having thus fully described 5 my invention, What 'I claim as new and'desireto 'secure by Letters Patent is:-

The 3-(3OIIlblI1'ItlOIl with a transversely slotted brush head, "aliquid soap re's'ervoi-r, and a longitudinally slotted slide platehaving transverse ports for controlling feedof soap through the slottedbrush head, of a "handle to ithe brush, water pipe' extelided throughthe handle, 'sa'idwater pipe projecting into the reservoir-j and havingabend through the longitudinally slotted slide plate and a port throughthe head "and' a transversely arranged,normally closed, spring pressetlvalve in' the Water pipe of'the handle.

In testimony "whereof I aflix my signature.

MARK SQSS.

